SINGLE MEASURE

Paying for care

Sweep Title: Wave 7
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

[^Do/Does] [^you/[^name]] [^your/his/her partner] pay or give any money for the help given by [^BLANK/your/his/her/] husband/wife/partner/ son/other son/daughter/other grandchild /sister/other sister/ /other / other /friend/ other
friend/neighbour/other neighbour/ the home care worker/ home help/ personal assistant/ the member of the reablement / intermediate care staff team/the voluntary helper/the warden / sheltered housing manager/the cleaner/the council’s handyman/the member of staff at the care/nursing home/ the other helper]? Please include any payments made for this care, even if not made directly to the care provider. ^Do not include gifts, treats or occasional payments of expenses such as petrol money or lunch (informal providers only).

Response scale

01 Yes,
02 No,
03 Don’t know

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2014
Ends January 2015
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1273